by Em Steck | Jun 15, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Exactly one year after a lone gunman opened fire on the Republican congressional baseball team and their aides, injuring four people, Republican Rep. Steve Scalise and his fellow members of Congress played at the annual Congressional baseball game,...
by Em Steck | Jun 11, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Voters in four states this year will cast ballots to determine whether medical or recreational marijuana should be legalized, potentially expanding legal pot use to just shy of two-thirds of the states for the first time, even amid federal resistance to...
by Em Steck | May 31, 2018 | Education, Featured
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Illinois sent 26 students to the National Spelling Bee, the fifth largest group of any state competing. First-time contender and sixth grader Atman Balakrishnan from Chicago is one of those competitors, and one of the 22 who advanced to...
by Em Steck | May 30, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Illinois sent 26 spellers to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year, — a record number for the state — and after Tuesday’s opening rounds, 22 earned slots in the third round on Wednesday, correctly spelling such words as “sluvrian” and...
by Em Steck | May 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump promised Friday at a prison reform summit at the White House that a bill to reform the U.S. incarceration system is “going to be strong, it’s going to be good, it’s going to be what everyone wants.” Members of Congress from both...
